Early Sign and Symptoms of Kidney Failure and Risk factor

Your kidneys are pair of organs
located toward your lower back. One kidney is on each side of your spine. They filter
your blood and remove toxins from your body. Your kidneys send toxins to your
bladder. Your body later removes toxins during urination.

Kidney failure occurs when your
kidneys lose the ability to filter waste from your blood sufficiently. Many
factors can interfere with your kidney health and function, such as:

·toxic
exposure to environmental pollutants

·certain
acute and chronic diseases

·severe
dehydration

·kidney
trauma

Your body becomes overloaded
with toxins if your kidneys can’t do their regular job. This can lead to kidney
failure and even be life-threatening if it’s left untreated.

While the only way to know for
sure if you have kidney disease is to get tested. If you’re at risk for kidney
disease due to high blood pressure, diabetes, a family history of kidney
failure or if you’re older than age 60, it’s important to get tested annually
for kidney disease. Be sure to mention any symptoms you’re experiencing to your
healthcare practitioner.

·You're
more tired, have less energy or are having trouble concentrating. A severe
decrease in kidney function can lead to a buildup of toxins and impurities in
the blood. This can cause people to feel tired, weak and can make it hard to
concentrate. Another complication of kidney disease is anemia, which can cause
weakness and fatigue.

·You're
having trouble sleeping. When the kidneys aren't filtering properly, toxins
stay in the blood rather than leaving the body through the urine. This can make
it difficult to sleep. There is also a link between obesity and chronic kidney
disease, and sleep apnea is more common in those with chronic kidney disease,
compared with the general population.

·You
have dry and itchy skin. Healthy kidneys do many important jobs. They remove
wastes and extra fluid from your body, help make red blood cells, help keep
bones strong and work to maintain the right amount of minerals in your blood.
Dry and itchy skin can be a sign of the mineral and bone disease that often
accompanies advanced kidney disease, when the kidneys are no longer able to
keep the right balance of minerals and nutrients in your blood.

·You
feel the need to urinate more often. If you feel the need to urinate more
often, especially at night, this can be a sign of kidney disease. When the
kidneys filters are damaged, it can cause an increase in the urge to urinate.
Sometimes this can also be a sign of a urinary infection or enlarged prostate
in men.

·You see
blood in your urine. Healthy kidneys typically keep the blood cells in the body
when filtering wastes from the blood to create urine, but when the kidney's
filters have been damaged, these blood cells can start to "leak" out
into the urine. In addition to signaling kidney disease, blood in the urine can
be indicative of tumors, kidney stones or an infection.

·Your
urine is foamy. Excessive bubbles in the urine – especially those that require
you to flush several times before they go away—indicate protein in the urine.
This foam may look like the foam you see when scrambling eggs, as the common
protein found in urine, albumin, is the same protein that is found in eggs.

·You're
experiencing persistent puffiness around your eyes. Protein in the urine is an
early sign that the kidneys’ filters have been damaged, allowing protein to
leak into the urine. This puffiness around your eyes can be due to the fact
that your kidneys are leaking a large amount of protein in the urine, rather
than keeping it in the body.

·Your
ankles and feet are swollen. Decreased kidney function can lead to sodium
retention, causing swelling in your feet and ankles. Swelling in the lower
extremities can also be a sign of heart disease, liver disease and chronic leg
vein problems.

·You
have a poor appetite. This is a very general symptom, but a buildup of toxins
resulting from reduced kidney function can be one of the causes.

·Your
muscles are cramping. Electrolyte imbalances can result from impaired kidney
function. For example, low calcium levels and poorly controlled phosphorus may
contribute to muscle cramping.